A cation-selective and anion-controlled benzothiazolyl-attached macrocycle for NLO-based cation detection: variational first hyperpolarizabilities

作者：Ye, Jinting; Wang, Li; Wang, Hongqiang; Pan, Xiumei; Xie, Haiming; Qiu, Yongqing^*

来源：New Journal of Chemistry, 2018, 42(8): 6091-6100.

DOI：10.1039/c8nj00360b

• NONLINEAR-OPTICAL RESPONSE
• CHARGE-TRANSFER EXCITATIONS
• DENSITY-FUNCTIONAL THEORY
• ALKALI-METAL CATIONS
• MOLECULAR SWITCHES
• CONJUGATED MOLECULES
• EXCITED-STATES
• DIPOLE-MOMENT
• AB-INITIO
• SENSORS

Recently, a benzothiazolyl group bearing the NO2S2-macrocycle L has been the subject of great interest due to its unique advantages in binding metal cations. Here, we systematically investigate the second-order nonlinear optical (NLO) properties of L, its metal cation derivatives L*M (M = Na+, K+, Mg2+, Ca2+, Zn2+, Cd2+, and Hg2+), and some anion-controlled complexes [Hg(L)(ClO4)(2) and Hg(L)(Cl)(2)] by density functional theory (DFT). The results show that the addition of the transition metal cation Hg2+ leads to the increasing transition energy of the S-0 -> S-1 transition, which induces a significant decrement in the NLO response (beta(tot) = 8.2 x 10(-30) esu) with respect to the corresponding macrocycle L (beta(tot) = 125.8 x 10(-30) esu). The depolarization ratio (DR) and anisotropy parameter (r) render it possible to control the NLO contribution. Further analysis of the charge transfer (CT) parameters, transferred electrons (q(CT)), CT distance (d(CT)), and t index indicates that L*Hg2+ reaches the minimum CT and spatial charge separation. Thus, the transition metal cation Hg2+ is distinguishable and easier to detect by utilizing the variations in the NLO response. Furthermore, the addition of ClO4- to the complex L*Hg2+ forms a distorted pentagonal bipyramid configuration, which drives the significant reduction of the first hyperpolarizability. Therefore, the obvious NLO contrasts can be switched by different metal cations and anions, which will broaden the scope of optical molecular detectors and further inspire us to investigate it.

• 出版日期2018-4-21
• 单位东北师范大学